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I am trying to activate readyboost in windows 7 professional 64 bit. When I go to properties on the usb drive, it says ReadyBoost is not enabled because the service responsible for ReadyBoost (sysmain) has been turned off on this computer. An administrator can turn the sysmain back on. Please help.
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Hi,
type services.msc into the startmenu search and launch the tool. Search the Superfetch entry and make a double click on it. Now change the start type to "automatic" and click on start. The service now starts and you should be able to use ReadyBoost.
Btw, you should never disbale Superfetch, it slows down your PC!
André
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Do you use a SSD?
"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/
I need the same answer for 32 bit. How do I turn on for windows 7.
One quick note on Readyboost / Superfetch. If you have an Intel X25M Solid state drive, then superfetch / readyboost actually slows down your machine by a small amount. 99% of all USB drives will also not work if you have a X25-M since the drive is fast enough.
I currently run X25M's in my desktop and laptop and having this service disabled increases performance.
Please Note: If you do not have a hard drive with the same or better performance than the X25M then it's definitely beneficial to have this service turned on. I bought an Ultra Fast 4gb SD card for my wife's machine and it increased the performance on her HP by about 25% overall.
My laptop specs:
Asus G71 Q9000
12GB Ram
Intel X25-M 160GB Gen2 SSD Hard drive.
Nvidia GTX 260 Graphics.
Windows OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
It works! Thanks for your help with this.
Thanks again.
